Pacemaker endocarditis due to Haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review

We report a case of pacemaker infective endocarditis in a 14 month old girl, caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae. There are no other cases in children reported in the literature. We discuss the issues surrounding the case and the evidence which influenced our management.

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Autores principales: Sammut, P, Woodcock, H, Oswal, N, Kadalraja, R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22368676
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spelling pubmed-32325812012-02-22 Pacemaker endocarditis due to Haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review Sammut, P Woodcock, H Oswal, N Kadalraja, R Images Paediatr Cardiol Case Report We report a case of pacemaker infective endocarditis in a 14 month old girl, caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae. There are no other cases in children reported in the literature. We discuss the issues surrounding the case and the evidence which influenced our management. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2007 /pmc/articles/PMC3232581/ /pubmed/22368676 Text en Copyright: © Images in Paediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pacemaker endocarditis due to Haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review
title Pacemaker endocarditis due to Haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review
title_full Pacemaker endocarditis due to Haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review
title_fullStr Pacemaker endocarditis due to Haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Pacemaker endocarditis due to Haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review
title_short Pacemaker endocarditis due to Haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review
title_sort pacemaker endocarditis due to haemophilus parainfluenza: case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22368676
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